strappinglad Posted April 24, 2022 Posted April 24, 2022 I hadn't looked in on this for over a year. Much more extensive that I thought 3
bluebell Posted April 24, 2022 Posted April 24, 2022 9 minutes ago, strappinglad said: I hadn't looked in on this for over a year. Much more extensive that I thought They added another year to it, didn't they? My memory tells me they changed the completion date from 2024 to 2025 but maybe I'm making that up.
Bill “Papa” Lee Posted April 24, 2022 Posted April 24, 2022 1 hour ago, strappinglad said: I hadn't looked in on this for over a year. Much more extensive that I thought What are they building beside the Temple?
webbles Posted April 24, 2022 Posted April 24, 2022 4 hours ago, Bill “Papa” Lee said: What are they building beside the Temple? * Renovating the plaza in front of the Church Office Building * Renovating the main plaza between Temple Square and the Joseph Smith Memorial Building * Replacing the North Visitor Center with new landscaping and bathrooms * Replacing the north annex with an underground annex and a tunnel to the Conference Center * Adding a new annex/entrance to the south of the temple * Swapping out the foundation of the temple with the new seismic upgraded foundation https://churchofjesuschristtemples.org/salt-lake-temple/photographs/ has a bunch of photos of the progress of the temple. It is really interesting to watch. A photo from April 8th shows them digging out a space directly under the temple. I don't know why they are digging that space out but the amount of steel used to keep the temple supported is amazing. 2
Bill “Papa” Lee Posted April 26, 2022 Posted April 26, 2022 On 4/24/2022 at 6:25 PM, webbles said: * Renovating the plaza in front of the Church Office Building * Renovating the main plaza between Temple Square and the Joseph Smith Memorial Building * Replacing the North Visitor Center with new landscaping and bathrooms * Replacing the north annex with an underground annex and a tunnel to the Conference Center * Adding a new annex/entrance to the south of the temple * Swapping out the foundation of the temple with the new seismic upgraded foundation https://churchofjesuschristtemples.org/salt-lake-temple/photographs/ has a bunch of photos of the progress of the temple. It is really interesting to watch. A photo from April 8th shows them digging out a space directly under the temple. I don't know why they are digging that space out but the amount of steel used to keep the temple supported is amazing. Now I see that other buildings that are being rebuilt, or remodeled. At first, I did not see that the road to the East, or North (I believe) that was covered. Thank you for all of the pictures of what is under construction. Now that I see the entire picture, and having the large background and the advanced construction; I am now able to understand it. One of my best friends, who worked on the Atlanta Temple remodel, also my former company (with who I worked) who built the Atlanta Temple, I can now see it, and understand much more. Also, although not my Ward, just 18 miles away, at the other end of the my road I live on, he (we) also built the new Buchanan Branch (now a Ward). Together we had once hoped to build more buildings, and one day Temples. However, contracts are issued to companies based in the West. But we were able to do remodels of other Church buildings, also we did work on the Atlanta Temple remodel. Actually the first one, the last remodel was done by someone else. We had hoped that the original Buchanan Branch building, the oldest in the Southeast, built in the 1800’s, would remain, but we were required to tear it down. A building that even had bullet holes in it, while members huddled inside for safety. This happened because members became upset, after, Elder Joseph Standing, was gunned down by a mob…one Elder, who escaped, after calling them cowards, and told them to kill him, if memory serves, later became President of the Quorum of the Twelve . I believed his name was Elder Crowley. Anyway, President David O McKay erected a monument to Elder Standing, where he was murdered, and now the read is named after Elder Joseph Standing, if I have written any errors, you can google it. We were told that the Buchanan Brach here in Georgia, was to be torn down, as the Church was seeking to move away from adding any new historical sites, or dwelling on the past. Of course, it may be due to the fact that all such locations must be manned. I have two friends who are now assigned to a site along the Mormon Trail, in Wyoming, oddly enough their last names are also “Lee”, but no relation, but friends, and I would be proud to have them as family. There is an older book written (may be out of print) by a Sister Kimball, (not of the Kimball’s of Salt Lake, and the pioneers) called “Miracle of the South”, again in memory serves. Around here, as I stated, (I live just 18 miles, Northeast off the same road, Hwy 120, in Dallas Georgia), it was not a popular move among those her in the Dallas/Buchanan Georgia area, to have the old Buchanan Branch torn down. There is a cemetery next to it when members for about 170 years, who are now buried next to anything. One funny trivial point, when the road next to the old Church building was named, the elected officials did not know how to spell “Mormon”, so the road now bares the name, “Morman Church Road”. 🤣
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